Thursday, September 26, 2013

My 'baby' is about to loose her first baby tooth, so creating a tooth fairy pillow became priority and moved to the top of the sewing list.

The pattern/tutorial is from this Tooth Fairy Pillow blog post. I used white wool felt, black and pink embroidery floss, and fiber fill stuffing. Instead of hand sewing I decided to sew it up using the sewing machine.

There is a little pocket in the back to place the tooth :)

This project was easy peasy lemon squeezy as my girl would say.

Happy weekend!

PS My husband who was born and raised in France calls it the Tooth Mouse… what do you call it Tooth Fairy or Tooth Mouse?

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Plaid Dress is a sleeveless drop waist dress with a circle skirt. It
has a v-neck back with an invisible zipper and a hook and eye closure. It is fully lined with bias binding on the skirt/bodice seam for a nice finishing touch.

Cut out the bodice pieces in the lining fabric. Also cut 1 yard of bias tape, 1.75 inches wide for the 1 inch bias tape maker.

With right sides together sew the bodice together at the shoulder seams, cut seams down to .25 inch, and press seams open. Repeat this for the bodice lining. With right sides together sew the 2 bodices together around the neckline, then along the 2 armholes.

Trim seam allowances down to .25 inch, clip curves, then turn right side out and press.

Sew the side seams.

Install the invisible zipper, hand sew the lining to the invisible zipper tape, and attach the hook and eye above the invisible zipper.

Cut out the circle skirt (10 inches in length or you could make it longer or shorter) in the lining fabric. Lay the lining circle skirt on top of the plaid fabric with right sides together, pin around the circle, then cut out. Sew these pieces together and clip edges all around.

With paper and pencil draw the 2 templates shown in the photo. The big ear piece is approximately 2.5 inches wide and 5.25 inches tall. The little ear piece is approximately 1.75 inches wide and 1 7/8 inches tall.

Use those paper templates to cut out 2 big ear pieces and 2 little ear pieces out of the wool felt.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Taking a break today from blogging about sewing and sharing something that is found in my area and is unique. One of the things that I like about reading blogs is that I get exposed to certain places/events that I would never be able to go to because I can't travel to it. I enjoy it when bloggers share a photo tour. So that is what I'm doing here today...

I just visited the Bachman's Fall 2013 Ideas House. It is located in an historic (early 1920s) family home in Minneapolis. It's such a wonderful destination for design inspiration. Three times per year they completely repaint, refurnish and redecorate the house with creative ideas in home décor and entertaining, using their signature mix of vintage and new pieces.